Caltech

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 10,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,300 (96% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 327 (98% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,024
Men / Women 55% / 45%
From State 33%
From Region 1%
Athletes 263 (26.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 36%
White 19%
Hispanic 18%
International 14%
Mixed 9%
Black 4%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering 32 25% 12% 25% 0% 22% 12% $85,417 83 +0.66 77
Bioengineering 12 — 25% 17% 33% 0% 17% 17% $105,338 76 +0.56 92 — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — — $140,453 99 +3.19 99 — — — — —
Biology 12 — 17% 8% 8% 0% 25% 8% $73,976 87 +0.87 56 — — — — —
Neuroscience 8 — 38% 12% 38% 0% 25% 12% $72,697 75 +0.50 53 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 7 29% 14% 43% 0% 29% 14% $120,335 99 +2.43 97
Chemical Engineering 5 — 20% 20% 20% 0% 40% 20% $121,335 96 +1.62 97 — — — — —
Chemistry 2 — 50% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $117,837 100 +4.47 97 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Engineering and Applied Science 177 57% 15% 33% 5% 27% 10% $173,519 100 +2.46 100 97%
Electrical Engineering 12 — 67% 33% 42% 0% 8% 8% $161,537 98 +2.10 100 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $120,814 100 +4.88 97 — — — — —
Materials Science (Engineering) 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $100,753 79 +0.70 90 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 39 — 38% 21% 8% 5% 56% 0% $118,332 98 +2.40 97 — — — — —
Computer Science 88 — 59% 10% 51% 8% 14% 11% $219,602 98 +2.77 100 97% — — — —
Computing and Mathematical Sciences — — — — — — — — $190,179 93 +1.91 100 — — — — —
Applied and Computational Mathematics 13 — 62% 15% 31% 0% 38% 0% $160,500 91 +1.64 100 — — — — —
Physics 22 — 73% 14% 5% 0% 32% 27% $109,349 97 +1.86 94 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences 3 67% 33% 33% 0% 0% 0% $73,717 54 +0.78 56
Geochemistry 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,079 85 +0.81 57 — — — — —
Geological and Planetary Sciences 2 — 100% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $73,536 84 +0.76 55 — — — — —
Geophysics and Seismology — — — — — — — — $74,086 85 +0.81 57 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 3 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $139,189 100 +3.20 99
Business, Economics, and Management 3 — 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $139,189 98 +3.20 99 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy 28 82% 32% 14% 0% 25% 11% $136,164 100 +2.26 99
Astrophysics 8 — 62% 25% 25% 0% 38% 12% $107,135 96 +1.70 93 — — — — —
Mathematics 18 — 94% 33% 11% 0% 22% 11% $155,963 96 +2.66 100 — — — — —
Planetary Science 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $74,093 85 +0.81 57 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $70,837
ROI Percentile 100th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 77%
6-Year Graduation Rate 94%
Transfer-Out Rate 4%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Computer Science 35.2% 88 59% 10% 51% 8% 14% 11% $219,602 99 +2.77 100 97% —
Engineering 28.4% 71 41% 23% 18% 3% 38% 6% $123,472 96 +2.03 98 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 27.2% 68 74% 22% 18% 0% 28% 13% $128,847 95 +2.01 98 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 8.0% 20 25% 10% 20% 0% 25% 10% $73,464 80 +0.72 55 — —
Business & Economics 1.2% 3 67% 33% 0% 0% 33% 0% $139,189 98 +3.20 99 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $257M #5 71% $22.5M 86 #31 573 260
Life & Natural Sciences $93.7M #59 69% $1.2M 22 #98 233 145
Engineering $75.7M #66 56% $17.7M 79 #50 537 126
Computer Science $9.7M #93 72% $0.5M 4 #152 11 —
Humanities & Social Sciences $4.0M #212 64% $0.1M — — — —
Business & Economics $0.3M #271 84% $0 9 #141 28 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $441M #73 68% $42.0M 200 #113 1,382 531

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 35 $163K $163K $0
Soccer 31 $235K $235K $0
Swimming & Diving 25 $111K $111K $0
Baseball 23 $229K $229K $0
Cross Country 16 $142K $142K $0
Basketball 14 $218K $218K $0
Water Polo 14 $116K $116K $0
Tennis 8 $132K $132K $0
Total 147 $1.3M $1.3M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 27 $108K $108K $0
Soccer 25 $231K $231K $0
Swimming & Diving 25 $111K $111K $0
Water Polo 14 $109K $109K $0
Tennis 13 $116K $116K $0
Basketball 12 $186K $186K $0
Cross Country 12 $94K $94K $0
Volleyball 12 $185K $185K $0
Total 116 $1.1M $1.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 62 $272K $272K $0
Soccer 56 $467K $467K $0
Swimming & Diving 50 $223K $223K $0
Cross Country 28 $236K $236K $0
Water Polo 28 $225K $225K $0
Basketball 26 $405K $405K $0
Baseball 23 $229K $229K $0
Tennis 21 $248K $248K $0
Volleyball 12 $185K $185K $0
Total 263 $3.6M $3.6M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 3.9%
Yield (non-ED) 40%
Restrictive Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 3

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 4% 4% 4%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1540 – 1580
SAT Math Range 790 – 800
SAT RW Range 760 – 780